Krasnoyarsk
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geographical name \ˌkräs-nə-ˈyärsk\Definition of KRASNOYARSK
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territory W cen Russia in Asia extending along valley of the Yenisey from Arctic Ocean to Sayan Mountains area 927,258 square miles (2,401,598 square kilometers), pop 3,122,000
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city, its ∗, on the upper Yenisey pop 925,000
Krasnoyarsk
geographical name (Concise Encyclopedia)City (pop., 2002: 911,700), east-central Russia. Located on the upper Yenisey River, it was founded by Cossacks in 1628. In the late 17th century, it was often attacked by the Tatars and Kirghiz. The Trans-Siberian Railroad brought a period of rapid growth in the 1890s. A commercial and industrial centre, it is the site of one of the world's largest hydroelectric stations, built in the 1960s.
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